Pop-gun.



o. A. STANARD.

POPGUN.

APPLICATION min No.1?. 19H.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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ORA A. STANARD, F ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO UPKTON MACHINE COMPANY, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

POP-GUN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Application led December 17, 1917. Serial No. 207,477.

To all whom z't may concern.

Be it known that I, ORAV A. STANARD, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of St. Joseph, county of Berrien, and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pop- Guns, of which the following is a. specifica tion.

This invention relates to pop-guns of that kind in which means are provided for automatically drawing the cork back into the muzzle of the gun, when the plunger is retracted to place the gun in condition for another discharge, so vthat the placing of the cork in the muzzle of the gun, by hand, in the ordinary manner, willinot be necessary. Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved popgun of the foregoing general character.

" A special object is to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby the spring which operates theplunger 18 also employed for drawing the cork backinto the binations tending kto increase the 'muzzleof the gun, so that this restoration of the cork is accomplished by yielding preswhereby the cork-restorafter the'cork is pressed into automatically moved forward a distance, of the hand-lever which compresses lthe spring and thereby places the gun in' condition for the discharge, so plunger is released, by pulling the trigger, the cork-restoring-connection will not interfere with the discharge of the cork.

Another object is to provide an improved construction and arrangement which will obviate the necessity of using certain devices VVand features of construction heretofore considered necessary of this kind. Y

, -It is also anobject to provide certain details and features of construction and comgeneral efficiency, anddesirability of an automatic reloading pop-gun of this particular construction.

and desirable in a pop-gun ;.To'these and other useful ends the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth` and claimed.l l

In. the accompanying drawings Figurel is a side elevation of a popn embodying the principles of the invention, showing a portion of t `that when the f e gun in longitudinal dition.

Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing the forward end or muzzle portion of the gun in longitudinal section, as well as the rear portion, and showing the plunger retracted and the cork restored to its operative position in section, and vshowing the gun in normal conthe muzzle of the barrel.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the cork-restoring-connection.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. l, but showing the muzzle portion of the gun in longitudinal section, and the rear portion in side elevation, and showing the plunger retracted and the spring compressed and the gun vin position to be discharged.

As thus illustrated, the invention ycomprises a gun stock A of any suitable form ,z

or character, and a barrel B of any suitable known or approved form secured thereto in the usual or any suitable manner.v Said barrel contains thevordinary plunger C, which is operated by the coil-springD and which is plunger-rod 0 having a down-turned rear portion l for engagement withthe action lever E, as well as with the trigger F, which provided with a rearwardly extending l latter is of the usual or anysuitable form.

thus far described is of any ordinary orsuit- Y able character, and is adapted to discharge the cork H in the well known manner.

- In order, however, that the gun may be self-loading-that is to say, in order that the cork H may to operative position in the end of the gun, a cork-restoring-connection I is disposed along one side of theA barrel, near the bottom thereof, and is provided at its rearend with fan' be ,automatically vrestored l up-turned portion z' to-.engage the slot g, and

at its forward end with an up-turned end portionprovided with a disk 2 for engaging the outer end of the cork.- Furthermore, the muzzle of the barrel is provided with an extension b havingtan Openend and a top slot 3, and having a longitudinal side slot 49 near; -the bottom -thereof The upturned forward fendportion `of the .corkrestoring connection I slides in the slot 4, and in addition the barrel of the gun is p ro- KYvidedvvith a. longitudinal slot 5 in` which the portion i of the cork-restoring-connection slides back and forth. It will be seen that this portion c' is enlarged at its end,.

and in thisy Way this portion can be inserted through the slot g, by holding the connection I at right angles-to the barrel, and can then be turned around to bring the head 6 of this end portion i crosswise of the slot g, When the connection I is ymoved into a position parallel with the barrel, Ithus preventing detachment 0f said connection from the sliding abutment G previously described.

'It Will be seen-that the action-lever E is pivoted, in the ordinaryinanner, at 7,-While the trigger F is pivot-ed at S and yieldingly heldl inl position by a. spring` 9 interposed betweenthe front .end ofthe stock-ofthe -gunandthe rear edge of said trigger.

lith the. partsin the condition shown in Fig. 11,*-the corkhas beenjdischarged andi the gun is y inl normal condition.` lWhen the action-leven'f'E is swung downwardy and -for- Ward, in theusual-manner, as shoWn-in Fig.

- 2, the- 'plunger-rod -0- andthe .plunger Care 30 drawn-backward -or retracted@ ("see'Fig; 2) untilv the v portion" 1- of thev plunger-rod -is caught and held by the trigger F, sothat the action-leverfE isv then ready to be drawn backward against' the:k stock yof v theV gun. ',-When-this lis-done, the cainf e engages the :rear-.end ofthe `abutrnent`f-G, forcing the latter yforward into the position ,show vn in i i Figi 2 ll," thus compressingQthe spring D lagainst 4 the rear side ofthe plunger-head, so

that the gunis thenfready to be discharged.

.' Whenthe plunger is drawn back, see Fig. 2, 1 thus `drawing vthespring and 'abutment backward also, the co-rk-restoring-connecy--tionI is .pulled backward, thus causing the cork H to be pressed into the muzzle of the barrel. AIt `Will be seenthat'this is done by a yielding-pull kexerted through the spring D, so that the connection I can stop moving rearward assoon as the cork is firmlyseated in the-end ofthe gun, eventhough the plunger. still has some distance to travel back- Ward `before the portion 1 is firmly engaged ,with 'the trigger. f -In this Way, thecork is notv forced intofthe -end ofl the; barrel any 'farther than is absolutely necessary, lbut this distance -Will rr`be automatically ingcreased, from time toftime,as"the cork becomes-Worn or compressedby use; `and', thus :the: `spring D vser-ves automatically 'to 'take iup theWear on? thecOrk, so that the latter .-Will f alvvayse-@be,fl firmly f pressed *into the muzzle of the gun.. When rfthe action-lever E is--pulled'backward againstfthe stockof the gun, as shown in Fig; 4, the cam e forces the ,abutment Gr` forward,y to compressfthe spring L'D,l end ,this also- Ir1oves' the cork-restoring-connection I forward, thus advancing the disk 2 suliiciently to prevent it from interfering with the free discharge of the cork, Whenthe trigger-is pulled to discharge the gun. In this Way, therefore, the actionlever E is not only operative to automatically pull the cork back into the end of the barrel, vbut is also operative, through the connection of the cork-restoring-connection -yvith the 'sliding abutment, to advance the reloadingv connection' I is `attachedto Athe labutment G. for-the 'purpose, f in this particular case, of` automatically yrestoringthe corkjHj(by cork is meant member. of any `suitableV material which willk serve the `operative positionl in the muzzle [of the barunderstood that thisv connection" I can \be att-ahed to' i. the sliding abutmenti for any suitable'. or desired purposeiqdepending upon Vthecharacter` of 'the 'guinand may. @61,6119- pioyed' for automatic reloading purposes@ um. Suitable If01 deslled manner and; .the

invention is not, 1 ther'efore, 'limited y to' the exact construction'shown and' described,

purposejof "the lordinaryl pop-cork) to fits.

yThus the cojrk,` when discharged, iscaught i i and. heldl vby ythe Afixed'.'extensiori b ofthe`-barrel of the gun, yandllthedisk 2, When' drawn backward@ bythe voperationy of: the? handlever,` (when the;`plunger'is.retracted) will pushthe vcork into lthe muzzle bf the; gun

In-l thisV Way', therefore,` it is not necessalyeto restorel thev corkgbyl hand, in the usual or ordinary manner, the reloading being automatic incharacter and being brought about `merely thexoperation of the hand-lever,

but-5in such a manner 'th'atthe' discharge kof the cork is sufficiently free, and unrestricted toinsure fthedeslred popping actionwhen the trigger'of the gun is pulled. The corkvrestoring-connectiondoes not retain the cork in operativel position, but merelydraws it intosu'ch au position, and `is thenz moyedi'sfor- .Wa`rd,- in the mannershown and described', to provide ample xclearance'for the free". disl'charge-of.the cork Whenfthe plunger isureleased. l f

What I claim as' my invention ist 1. ""A pop-gun `v'vherein'fthe cork is "discharged bymechanism comprisingI aj plunger operated by aspring, a lever and a sliding abutment for compressing saidspring, after said lever is' first operated tofullyretract said plunger, 1characterizedbythfis, to-

Wit:-that a connection is provided to engage said cork and for actuation through said spring to automatically and yieldingly restore said cork to operative position by movement of said lever.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, said cork-restoring-connection being disposed outside of and longitudinally of the barrel of the gun, and the rear end of said connection being attached to said sliding abutment, so that said connection slides forward when said sliding abutment is actuated forward to compress the spring.

3. A structure as specified in claim l, and a fixed extension on the end of the muzzle of the barrel of the gun, providing a retainer for the cork and a guide for the forward end of said cork-restoring-connection, and the rear end of said connection being connected with said sliding abutment, whereby the front end of said connection slides forward in said extension when said lever is operated to compress the spring.

4. In a pop-gun, the combination of a barrel, a member to be forced from the muzzle popping sound,

rel, and a connection having its forward end :3.2

provided with means to engage said member and having its rear end so connected with said mechanism for actuation through said spring that its said forward end first slides backward to yieldingly force said. member 'into operative position, and then slides forward to provide clearance for the discharge of said member, when said mechanism is operated to place vthe gun in condition for discharge.

In an air-gun, the combination of a plunger, mechanism including a spring and a sliding abutment for compressing said spring to operate said plunger, and an automatic reloading connection attached to and operated by said abutment.

Signed by me at St. Joseph, Berrien county, Michigan, this 6th day of December, 1917.

ORA A. STANARD.

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